The Uttar Pradesh government’s preparations are in full swing for the groundbreaking ceremony of the Noida International Airport at Jewar in Gautam Budh Nagar district on Thursday (November 25). Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of the new airport on the occasion.
With this, Uttar Pradesh is on way to having five international airports, the highest for any state in the country, said a state government spokesperson.
“The state had only two international airports till 2017 — Varanasi and Lucknow. The Kushinagar international airport became operational after it was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 20 while work on the international airport in Ayodhya is in full swing and air services are expected to start early next year,” the spokesperson said.
